WHAT A TONNE OF CO2 LOOKS LIKE
How Big is 1 Metric Tonne of Carbon Dioxide?; Digital Art Cube in Copenhagen Helps People Visualize their CO2 Footprint
December 1, 2009 (Millenium ART/UN Public Information Department)
"The “CO2 CUBES: Visualize a Tonne of Change,” art exhibit will be unveiled to the public on-site in Copenhagen, for the launch of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Conference of the Parties (COP-15), running from 7 – 18 December, 2009."
"CO2 CUBES - Visualize a Tonne of Change is a digital media art installation and communications platform designed to make visible the monumental scale of carbon dioxide (CO2) being released into the atmosphere by human activity…"
From MilleniumART via YouTube
"As never seen before, the CO2 Cube bridges art and studio lab technology…
"Nature installation artist Alfio Bonanno, and award winning architect Christophe Cornubert merged vision and design to help us see the size of 1 metric tonne of carbon dioxide. Measured and stored at standard atmospheric pressure, one tonne of CO2 occupies an art cube the size of a 3-story building 8.2m x 8.2m x 8.2m (27ft3). This is the amount of CO2 the average person in an industrialized country emits each month, and in the US, every two weeks."
From MilleniumART via YouTube
"The CO2 CUBE is also a communications platform for public engagement, utilizing a live web portal powered by Google and You Tube to provide a means for people to “virtually” take part in the global dialogue, sharing ideas and solutions about how to reduce our own individual cubes, lessening our impact on climate change…
"The CO2 CUBES: Visualize a Tonne of Change is a Millennium ART installation, presented in partnership with the United Nations Department of Public Information, powered by Google and YouTube, produced by Obscura Digital, hosted by the City of Copenhagen and located at the Tycho Brahe Planetarium."
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